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... produced even in the smallest specimens that would be of service . All that can be attempted is a bare analysis of the quality , with a very general reference to examples . I do not here enter on a defence of the utility of Rhetoric in ...
... produced even in the smallest specimens that would be of service . All that can be attempted is a bare analysis of the quality , with a very general reference to examples . I do not here enter on a defence of the utility of Rhetoric in ...
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... produces immediate revulsion , however valuable for certain ends , is not a proper subject for the poetical or literary art . There will be occasions afterwards for drawing the line between admissible and inadmissible forms of pain- ful ...
... produces immediate revulsion , however valuable for certain ends , is not a proper subject for the poetical or literary art . There will be occasions afterwards for drawing the line between admissible and inadmissible forms of pain- ful ...
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Alexander Bain. ACCUMULATION AND COMBINATION . 19 on the works of Shakespeare as producing effects so powerful that they render all other monuments of him unnecessary . The result is that Dryden appeals to our reason ; while Milton ...
Alexander Bain. ACCUMULATION AND COMBINATION . 19 on the works of Shakespeare as producing effects so powerful that they render all other monuments of him unnecessary . The result is that Dryden appeals to our reason ; while Milton ...
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... produced with abstractions taken from attributes of the lower animals . For example : - Amid the roses , fierce repentance rears Her snaky crest . In Collins's ' Ode to the Passions , ' the selection of attri- butes are very much at ...
... produced with abstractions taken from attributes of the lower animals . For example : - Amid the roses , fierce repentance rears Her snaky crest . In Collins's ' Ode to the Passions , ' the selection of attri- butes are very much at ...
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... produces a sense of discord : - But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , And lose them in each other , as appears In every bud that ...
... produces a sense of discord : - But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , And lose them in each other , as appears In every bud that ...
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